10 dark hymns for the apocalypse

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Originally released in 1977 on the legendary Cobra label

Songs snake their way from a lo-fi home recording to something glossier made with longtime friends at Asheville's Drop of Sun studios

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TOM PHILIPS / GAVIN BRYARS / FRED ORTON - Irma - An Opera by Tom Phillips LP Hardcore 10 dark hymns for theOn composing Tom Phillips' Irma: In February and March of 1977, for Brian Enos Obscure Records, I made a version of Irma. The following notes on the piece arise out of that involvement and try to show how the piece can be made into a performance state. Irma is a curious score it is printed on a single sheet 50cms x 50cms. The notation consists of fragments from Toms continuing treatment of the victorian novel by W. H. Mallock, which he calls A